I’m not sure if my ask sent so I’m just going to send it again to be safe. I recently had a really violent awakening as a character. Usually when I find that I’m kin, the memories and feelings come over time, but this time it struck like lightning- years worth of memories and emotions came flooding in over the course of a couple hours. I’ve been depressed, anxious and overwhelmed since this sudden awakening. I didn’t even have time to question it. Any insight on why/how this happened?

Thanks for resending this, anon, I couldn’t find it anywhere else in my inbox, so it looks like the original got eaten. Getting that initial ‘oh…

Hey there, I’ve been wondering how certain people on the kin communities feel about “concept” kin, ie windkin, spacekin, ghostkin, plantkin etc. I know you deal mainly with fictionkin, but you also seem pretty level headed and not immediately saying every little thing is valid, and also give some respectable views on kinstuff. I’d love to hear what you have to say about these things. Thank you.

Thanks for the compliment, anon. Let’s see. I obviously don’t speak for everyone, but the general consensus that I have seen among more serious and…

What are fictionkin? Fictionkin; (noun): A person who discovers that they have in some way inherited the soul/spirit/complete mentality of a fictional character, and the…

hi felix! i just wanted to say: thank you so much. seriously. i was questioning kin for a while, and in that time this blog was a HUGE help to me, both in first understanding kin, and finding references for my own experiences. you were really helpful and reassuring in all the (usually nervous and psuedo-panicked) asks i sent you, and even now it still means a lot to me? i’ve since affirmed my own kin identity and i just wanted to say thanks for all your help. so thank you!!

Thanks for this message anon. 🙂 I’m really happy I could help in my won small way as you move through your journey as kin,…

hi- just a question about being fictionkin.. I think I might be kin with ichimatsu from osomatsu-san, but I’m really not sure. I can relate to him 100%, I feel attached to him, and just generally feel like he’s apart of him, but I do know that I’m my own person.. but the character himself feels like he’s apart of me- am I kin or am I just too attached to a fictional character ??

Could be either one. Only you can tell. Make sure to take time to examine the identity– it can take months or years to really…

In 2004, a boy became obsessed with WoW. He wrote an 80,000 word “in-character” journal from the perspective of his character. He soon became overwhelmed with grief that he couldn’t be with the characters in the game, then committed suicide to “be with them”. Do you think he was fictionkin? Or that if the fictionkin community had existed back then, he might’ve had an outlet for his feelings and avoided suicide?

Hi there anon. First of all, the boy in question,  Zhang Xiaoyi was a 13 year old Chinese native, and the game he was addicted…

Er, hi, i’m the anon with 16 kintypes and I… -sigh- If you don’t mind, can I ask your opinion on something? So about a week ago, I saw an older pale blue car parked under a streetlight in the middle of the night and I felt intense fear, despite being in a car as well, and a couple days after that I suddenly got the extreme urge to look online for leather jackets, and I was extremely distressed that I couldn’t find any that fit me. My partner thinks I might be Ponyboy. I had a shift, but… 16.

Well anon, lets see. Personally, I’m, of the opinion that one ‘shift’ and some weird unexplained feelings don’t make something a kintype. For me to call…

I always thought I was a reincarnation kin but I’m more and more worried it’s just a mental coping thing, which totally invalidates its worth and existence for me, and also because I have a soulbond and if I’m just ‘making it up’, then he isn’t real and none of this matters. I’m so unhappy. Why can’t I just believe? I have the same issues with religion. Logically, it’s all comforting rubbish, isn’t it? It’s just a pretty lie. I can hardly bear that. Why bother with a pointless, empty, dry life?

Anon, we all go through periods of disbelief, and they can be crushing. I know how you feel, because I’ve been in that position before,…

Reincarnated “Kinfeels” Playlist Inspired by a post I saw the other day about ‘Call Me Maybe’ being a kin song, I decided to make a list of…

@the anon with third person memories: I literally have no memories that are NOT in the third person, so I don’t think it’s too much of an issue; even when I dream or imagine something, usually it’s in 3rd person if I’m in it. I think I’ve had one meditation session where I was looking out my own eyes, but that’s it. I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you, or anyone else in the same situation~

Thanks for the input anon! I’m still planning a more full post on this phenomenon. ^^